Find out how traders of Grand Capital finished the last week of fall and started the first week of winter. As always, the numbers don't fail to impress. Last week's maximum deposit growth was $109 360,00.

Here's the recap of the past trading week:

The most active client

Placed 1686 trades, including 950 profitable ones and 736 that resulted in a loss. The majority of the trades involved GBP/AUD, GBP/JPY, AUD/USD pairs.

Maximum deposit growth

In one trading week on a single account was +$109 360,00.

The most profitable trade of the week

Resulted in a profit of +$13 000,00. The trade was open on the 29th of November at 3:00PM and closed on the 29th of November at 3:08PM.

The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders:

#GAS – One of the products of the distillation of crude oil or its refined products. It is traded on the ICE in London. The volume of a single futures contract is 100 metric ton, which equals 118,35 cubic meters;

We are glad to announce that Grand Capital has partnered with FXBC Changer - one of the most popular exchange systems in Indonesia. This means that we have yet again widened our deposit method selection for Indonesian clients. FXBC changer supports deposits and withdrawals in IDR for the major Indonesian banks: BNI, BRI, Mandiri and BCA.

Grand Capital keeps expanding across the region of Southeast Asia. We are glad to announce that we have successfully launched Malaysian version of Grand Capital website with every section of it available to our Malaysian clients in their native language.

It is the 14th language version of Grand Capital website, which is also available in English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Arabic, Persian, Polish, Ukrainian, Armenian, Georgian, Thai and Vietnamese.

We regularly hold trading contests and interview our winners. However, since Grand Capital has many contests and many winners, we decided to change the format of this news section. We value the substantively of information most of all. That’s why from now on we are going to gather several reviews of our winners in a single newsletter. Traders share their impressions of the past contest rounds and tell about profitable strategies, and we sum up the most interesting moments.

We present to you the feedback of our recent winners. Today we have two “Drag Trade” winners, one “Rally Trade” winner and a “Futures Trade” winner.

Denis Bulatov, Russia, the winner of 340th round of “Drag Trade”:

I became a trader by accident. About five years ago, I saw a Forex commercial and decided to give it a try. I learned trading on the web: downloaded video lessons and visited forums. I didn’t meet any particular difficulties while learning. The most important thing is patience, the rest will come. The most unsuccessful trade happened when I was a beginner. Then I learned what gap for $1500 after the weekend is. I didn’t close my positions on Friday, and on Monday I was shocked. Long story short, I learned my lesson the hard way. So here goes my advice for the beginners: do not leave opened positions for a weekend. I prefer trading with USD/ZAR (South African rand) pair in contests, but I don’t use it on my real account. I chose Grand Capital primarily for the diversity of contest. I love competition, when it doesn’t drain my wallet. Luck and a little of experience helped me win. I wish everyone successful trading!

I’m 32 and I live in Bengkulu City, I work in telecommunications industry. First time I heard about Forex from my friend. Almost everything I know about trading, I learned from him. Forex is quite popular in Indonesia, especially in my city. Many private companies offer brokerage services here. In trading, I use trend lines and fundamental analysis. The only problem is that sometimes it’s difficult to cope with your emotions after lost trades. My most memorable trade was when GBP plummeted and couldn’t recover for several months. “Rally Trade” contest helps polish your trading strategies, including intraday trading. The prize is a pleasant addition, of course. My advice to beginners is not to give up after losses and difficulties. Keep practicing and you’ll learn to control your losses with time. Also, master money-management techniques, they’ll help you manage your risks!

I don’t have a lot of experience in trading. I’ve been trading for a little over half a year. Once I saw my acquaintance earn 11 USD in 10 minutes on Forex. Now I understand that it’s bare minimum, but then it impressed me. I watched a half an hour film about Forex, grasped the key-note (buy for less, sell for more), learned the terms, talked to people on forums. So, I decided for myself that was possible. My strategy is simple: move with the trend. It’s no surprise they say “Trend is our friend”. As a beginner, I often approached customer support. Grand Capital experts always helped me and answered all my questions. I like the diversity of contests that Grand Capital offers. Having read the interviews with the winners I realized that people actually participate and win. And I said to myself “Why not me?”. Guys, what I’m saying is, learn, try, listen to your experienced colleagues. But draw your own conclusions!

Mehmat Seylan, Turkey, the winner of 342nd round of “Drag Trade”:

I’m a student and don’t work yet. I started trading because I wanted stable extra income. In Turkey Forex is quite popular, but at the same time is over-regulated. For example, maximum leverage offered by local brokers is 1:50. I learned to trade on my own. Started with Internet articles, then read more serious books. Nothing brings my such pleasure like a profitable trade. In trading I follow the market trend and use several moving averages for determining the current situation on the market. The entry and exit points I get using Fibonacci retracement. Usually I trade with GBP/JPY, GBP/CAD, AUD/JPY, XAU/USD pairs, but on my demo account I try other instruments. The contests help polish your skills, and in case of victory — bring money. What I want to say to beginners, is learn more and keep trading, until you find your own method.

In 2016 Grand Capital received ISO certificate, which means that Grand Capital management system meets the requirements of the international standard (ISO 9001-2011).

It’s great news for everyone at Grand Capital. We put together this 101 on the subject: what is ISO, why ISO standards are important for the company, and on top of all that, how it benefits our clients.

What is an ISO standard?

ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization. The organization was founded in 1946 and since that time has been engaged in developing and issuing international standards for various fields. The company’s name is a reference to a Greek word “isos”, meaning “equal” and is recognized in every language. Thus, the name perfectly reflects the idea of ISO: equal conditions and equal international standards.ISO standard is a document that specifies the requirements for products, procedures and services. Certified organizations examine a certain company in accordance with ISO standards and issue a corresponding certificate. ISO standards are constantly being edited and updated.

Why is it important for the company?

ISO international standards provide tools for development. They help companies to enter new markets, increase sales, win clients’ loyalty and improve their production system.Grand Capital received ISO certificate that is applicable to such fields as advisory services, auditing, design, development, implementing, testing and maintenance of software, automated information systems, robotic systems, system solutions, business applications.

How it benefits our clients?

ISO certificate is not mandatory, but it’s a kind of benchmark of quality for companies. The presence of the certificate guarantees that the company provides reliable and safe services that meet the international standards.Grand Capital cares about quality of the services it provides. We hope that our clients will continue to enjoy our products and services.

I wish you a happy New Year from the bottom of my heart! As tradition has it, every year we round-up all the results of our work so that together we can evaluate our efficiency, achievements and map out plans for the future.

2016 turned out to be quite exciting and eventful, thanks to which a lot of traders were able to reap a very good return! The world has surprised us once more, having shown that the predictions are just that, someone’s predictions, while the result is often unpredictable. For example, when there are sudden market crashes, or a presidential election upset. It is quite illustrative and once again supports the notion that you should only trust your own forecasts and manage your risks properly.

2016 was a successful year for Grand Capital. The company grew bigger, expanded to the new markets. Here are some figures that prove my point:

Total average monthly revenue went up by 2,5 times in the last two years and reached $4,7bln.

102 000 traders became clients of Grand Capital.

13 new offices opened in Russia, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, South Africa, India and Ukraine.

The company granted 7 309 bonuses to clients and organized 103 contests for traders.

In 2016 Grand Capital grew in technology, flexibility and size. The company received “Best trading technology”, and “Best affiliate program” awards and went up in the top-brokers rating. Grand Capital started its own educational project — a financial newspaper, available in Russian. The company adopted new languages: Arabic, Portuguese, Polish, Malay, Thai, Vietnamese.

This year Grand Capital celebrated its 10th anniversary. 10 years is an impressive run for a financial broker. Back in 2006 we started out with one office in Saint Petersburg. In these 10 years GC grew into an international financial company, having become a reliable intermediary on financial markets for thousands of traders worldwide.

We all deserve the credit of all these achievements together. I thank our partners for the enormous amount of work done this year. I thank our clients for choosing Grand Capital as their personal broker. 10 years marks a new beginning. I’m sure that even bigger successes and records lay ahead of us. We have huge plans for 2017 — receiving CySEC license, the launch of mobile Binary trading app, updated WebTrader version for Binary Options, better execution, launch of new services and interesting promotions.

Once again, I wish you a happy New Year!

Let this year be a year of achievements. Let your most daring financial ambitions be fulfilled, and let you and your loved ones always be in good health! May all your dreams and wishes come true!

Grand Capital celebrated its 10th anniversary on December 10th. During the past year, we've been launching various GC anniversary promotions and giving our presents to our clients. In early December Grand Capital team has gathered to celebrate the important date. The event was attended by the employees of the company’s HQ in Saint Petersburg, some of Grand Capital partners and special guests.

To start the evening, Grand Capital CEO, Sanislav Vaneyev addressed the guests with a congratulatory speech:

«Recently I was asked how the company has changed in the last 10 years. And I couldn’t find the answer at once to this, seemingly simple question. Exactly 10 years have passed since the moment that Grand Capital had opened its doors to the first clients in 2006. Today we are an international company with more than 40 offices around the world. I have to say thank you to our employees for all these achievements. You’re doing an enormous job to keep the company growing and prospering. In these 10 years, a lot of people came and went and every one of them played an important role in the development of the company. However, I think that at this precise point in time the perfect team is gathered at Grand Capital. I’m really glad it’s like that. Thank you for your professionalism and enthusiasm! Also, I want to say special thanks to our partners. You’re what keeps this company running in particular regions and countries. Thank you for your trust and ambition!»

Next, we proceeded with the best partners award ceremony. Our partners from Ufa, Orenburg, Kazan, Almaty, Karaganda, Kyiv, Kharkiv and Bila Tserkva were noted in separate categories (Best Partner, Most Reliable Partner, For Professionalism, For Dynamic Development etc.) and was awarded with a custom engraved cup.

The evening passed under the principle of “freedom of mic”. Everyone was able to say a few words about Grand Capital. The employees and guests congratulated the company on its birthday and wished it a further development.

After the official part was over, the guests listened to jazz and celebrated the upcoming Christmas and New Year with Santa Claus.

This event was the final chord in the anniversary year of Grand Capital. We awarded those who contributed to the company in these ten years and embraced the corporate spirit, so that we can work even more diligently in the next year.

«CySEC license will open new markets to us». Interview with Grand Capital CEO Stanislav Vaneev

Grand Capital CEO Stanislav Vaneev sat down with Finance Magnates to discuss the over-regulation of the Forex industry, CySEC license and investment services.

Please tell about yourself and how you reached your current role

I graduated from the University of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the time of perestroika, a Russian version of the Great Depression. My career in architecture didn’t promise decent income, so I decided to try myself in the field of entrepreneurship. I’ve opened and closed quite a few businesses, there was even time when I was organizing rave parties. However, I have always been interested in financial markets, stock trading in particular.One day my interest led me to the Moscow exchange and since then my professional life has been associated with it. I have built up a team of like-minded professionals and opened the very first Grand Capital office in 2006. Now the company has over 40 offices all over the world.I am convinced that one of the major success factors for any entrepreneur is the people who work alongside them. Our team consists of enthusiastic young professionals, who help me move the company forward. The success of the company and its rapid growth in the recent years would not have been possible without the great people that work and have worked in Grand Capital.

What are your goals for the company for the next few years?

Providing services for forex traders is not our only focus. We also invest in IT heavily. One of our most recent projects is UpTrader, a brokerage software development company. The fact that it took only one year for the company to gain popularity on the market shows how insightful we were to see the potential for such an offer. At the moment there is no other company on the market that develops literally everything that is needed to start a brokerage from scratch. The company takes on complicated projects, from a trader’s area to CRM and bonus programs, all tailored to the clients’ individual needs, as well as develops turnkey solutions.

Another interesting project is Grand Class, a remote education system, which addresses the need of thousands of schools and companies to have a reliable online education software. So far the project only exists on Russian market, but it will be available in a variety of languages in the nearest future.

Grand Capital holds New Year's lottery for all clients. Our Santa is a bit slow, but generous. He didn't make it in time for Christmas, but had prepared great presents to give out our future winners. Grand Capital lottery is a great chance to catch a financial trend in the new year and receive a real prize.

The lottery will take place from the 31st of December 2016 to the 31st of January 2017. The winners will be announced on the 1st of February 2017 during an online webinar.

There are four present categories. Everything's fair: the higher the deposit, the better are the prizes and the competition.

How to participate?

All clients of Grand Capital who makes a deposit that falls under one of the categories below, automatically takes part in the lottery. No participation requests required – just deposit to any of Grand Capital trading account any amount starting from $150.

Great news for iPhone users: in January 2017 Grand Capital released Grand Capital Invest mobile app for iPhone. Grand Capital Invest allows clients to manage trading accounts, follow important trading news and receive fresh analytics on their mobile devices. Transfer to MetaTrader 4 app with just one tap!

Stanislav Vaneev, CEO Grand Capital:

«With Forex trading quickly shifting to mobile devices, brokers are pushed to follow the trend to stay on the market. Grand Capital app for Android devices is already very popular among many of our clients. Now users of iPhones can also benefit from all the advantages of mobile account management».

We are glad to inform you that Grand Captial has once again expanded local payment options for clients in Indonesia. Clients of BCA and Mandiri banks can now deposit and withdraw funds at the following exchange rates with Sentraegold, a local exchanger available throughout the country. Deposit and Withdrawals are available in IDR and USD.

We are glad to announce that Grand Capital has partnered with Forex Rebate Changer - a local Indonesian changer, available throughout the country. The service supports deposits and withdrawals in IDR through local banks Mandiri and BCA. The exchange rates are available here.

#BRN — Crude oil futures, traded on ICE exchange. Minimum price fluctuation is $0,01 for a barrel ($10,00 for a contract). The Brent oil price is a basis for the price formation for many other oil brands.

#LE (LC). Live Cattle is a deliverable contract for 40,000 lb of live cattle (feeder bulls). Traded on CME, the price is in cents per pound. Minimum tick: 2,5 cents = $10,00.

#KO. The Coca-Cola Company is an American beverage corporation, manufacturer and retailer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates, and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola. The Coca-Cola Company is included in Fortune 500 list as of 2015 (62nd place).

#PG. Procter & Gamble Co is an American multinational company, one of the leaders on the world market for consumer goods. The corporation is listed 22nd in Fortune 500 and is one of the leading US companies by the revenue and market capitalization.

In today’s newsletter are the winners of 347th and 350th rounds of Drag Trade and the winners of 181st and 184th rounds of Rally Trade. The winner of 184th round of Rally Trade had already won our contests before.

I teach at medical school, and I've been trading a bit over two years. Now Forex is becoming more and more popular here in Kenya, though many are still skeptical about it. I personally think it has a lot of potential. As the web technology advances, even people with little funds are able to receive decent income through it. Two of my brothers are also into trading. Sometimes we discuss the situation of the market and profitable strategies. But in the end of the day, trading is an adventure on which you have to set off alone and only sometimes ask for support, just to be safe. The main danger in trading is inability to control your emotions, fear and greed. My strategy is multiframe analysis of 4-hour and daily diagram, strong support levels and resistance on Fibonacci retracement. I prefer volatile instruments and often trade with GBP/AUD, GBP/JPY pairs and sometimes USD/ZAR. I chose Grand Capital because of the wide range of trading instruments and competitive spreads. Grand Capital contests are a great opportunity for newbies to test their skills. I think that I took the first place in the contest thanks to careful selection of trading instruments. I think that beginners are too hung up on searching for the right strategy and forget about trading rules. Money management is the key to success. You may have a strategy that yields 40% of profit, but, anyway, in order to receive profit, you only need to manage your funds wisely and balance your risks and profits.

I’m a dentist and I’ve been trading for a long time, but not too often. At first I ran into many difficulties and made a lot of mistakes. I won’t lie, there’s a lot of them even now. But I keep on learning: study fundamental analysis and advance my skills. My advice to beginners is to study, the more and longer the better. Trading attracts because of opportunity of income that in prospect is almost unlimited. I usually trade with JPY/USD and AUD/USD pairs. One of my most successful trades actually was with AUD/USD. It helped me to win the contest. Grand Capital was recommended to me by an acquaintance, I was told that the contests are good and withdrawal is fast and easy. As for Drag Trade, it’s a very convenient contest, it lasts only an hour. My opponents were behind only by a little bit, but I was lucky.

I started trading when I studied at the university. I was studying economy and cybernetics, so you can say that my qualification in a way determined the choice of my hobby. It seemed interesting to try myself as a trader. Trader converts knowledge into money. I learned trading on my own and the difficult part was controlling risks. Trader has to be cold-blooded. I remember clearly my best trade: I earned $1500 in four days, and my initial deposit was $25. The risks of that trade were, of course, pretty high. I always use economic calendar and trade with GBP/JPY and EUR/GPY. I worked with various brokers and I even have my own top list of the most reliable ones. I can recommend Grand Capital. Every Grand Capital contest has its advantages. I participated in several ones and sometimes even took the winning places. This time I won thanks to my experience. It’s way easier to lose than to earn on the market. You have to take trading seriously. I wish everyone to trade profitably!

I work in tourism, and I got into trading almost by accident. For some time, I looked to invest into something and a friend told me about Forex. I started to read up on the subject, finished several online courses. After several months, I realized that I was ready, I had the knowledge and it was time to find a good broker. I paid attention to broker’s history, looked at how long it has been on the market. Also, fast deposit/withdrawal and order execution were important for me. I have found it all with Grand Capital. Forex is quite popular in my country. I discuss trading nuances and interesting strategies with my Facebook friends, although there are several traders among my offline friends. I’m my own master in trading, I can work at my leisure, when I want and where I want. My favorite trading instruments are GBP/JPY and GBP/USD pairs. I remember that in my first trade I used up all my margin when selling GBP/JPY and lost everything in a matter of seconds. But this experience taught me something. I can give two pieces of advice to beginner traders: find your broker and use simple strategy.

Grand Capital holds a promotion for all clients: any trader who makes a deposit starting from $1688 will receive a high-performing trading robot B-52 for free! B-52 - one of the most stable and trusted trading robots offered by our partners - Jet-Fund.

The promotion is valid till the 15th of February 2017.

To participate in the promotion:

Make a deposit of $1688 or more.

Send a request to info@jet-fund.com. In the subject line write «1688», in the message body state your account number and deposit amount.

About the trading robot

A trading robot is a special program used for trading on financial markets. Robots use a number of pre-set parameters to analyse the prices, find the exact spot to enter the market and place traders.

Main features of the robot:

Check the trading history of the B-52 on the Myfxbook independent rating.

B-52 trades pending orders on EUR/USD и GBP/USD.

B-52 works with a balance of $1688. But a trader can change the trade volume at their discretion.

B-52 places trades according to the pre-set levels of Stop Loss and Take Profit. Apart from that, the robot supports trailing stop feature: all your trades will be safe.

The robot is granted for one month, starting from the moment it is received. Once the month is over you can purchase the robot.

# WTI — Crude light oil futures​. WTI is high quality crude oil. WTI is considered (as Brent) a benchmark for oil prices. Traded on ICE. The minimum price move is $0,01 per barrel ($10,00 for a contract);

# ZM — Soy flour futures. Traded on Chicago commodity exchange on Globex. Volume of a single contract is 100 short tons, which equals 91 metric ton. Minimum quote change is 10 cents for a short ton or $10,00 per contract;

# FACEBOOK — The largest social network in the world. Facebook is in five most visited websites globally. It was founded on the 4th of February 2004 by mark Zuckerberg and his friends during their studies in Harvard University. In July 2016 Facebook audience was 1,71 billion users;

# DD (DuPont) — American chemical producer, one of the largest in the world. Company’s employees invented many unique polymer and other materials, such as neoprene, nylon, teflon, kevlar, mylar, tyvek and others. Included in the list of Fortune 1000 companies in 2008 (81st place).

The past trading week turned out to be extremely successful for Grand Capital clients. Just look at the numbers: the maximum deposit growth was $156 550,00 and the most profitable trade brought +$95 011,81 to the trader's account.

Read more facts and numbers about the 30th of January - 3rd of February trading week :

The most active client

Placed 1157 trades, including 618 profitable ones and 539 that resulted in a loss. The majority of trades included AUD/CAD, CHF/JPY, EUR/GBP, EUR/CHF pairs.

Maximum deposit growth

In one trading week on a single account was $156 550,00.

The most profitable trade of the week

Resulted in a profit of +$95 011,81. The trade was opened on the 4th of January at 2:22PM and closed on the 30th of January at 1:52PM.

# QM — Light Sweet Crude Oil mini-contract. Traded on NYMEX in New York. The contract size is standard and equals 500 barrels, which is a bit less than 68 tons. The contract quotes are in the US Dollars per barrel. 1 pip is 0,025 and costs $12,5;

# FCE — CAC 40 futures contract. Traded on EUREX. The contract size is calculated according to the following formula: €10 multiplied by the current index quote. 1 pup is 0,5 of a unit and costs €5,00. CAC 40 is the most important French index and one of the major indices of Euronext;

# CAT (Caterpillar Inc.) — american corporation that produces machinery. It produces earthmoving equipment, diesel engines, power plants. The company has over 480 units that located in 50 countries on five continents.

# VTB — VTB bank. The international VTB group provides banking services in Russia, CIS, countries of Western Europe, Asia and Africa. It takes the 210th place among 500 largest companies in Europe.